ankit (2022-2023)

EDUCATION / BACKGROUND
- Grew up in India and was there till the age of 18
- Moved to a SE Asian city for my undergraduate studies (engineering major)
- Since graduation, I've been working at a top 5 energy company in a commercial role

UNDERGRADUATE GPA
- Because I attended college abroad, I don't have an LSDAS GPA.
- My transcript was evaluated by JD CAS and they provided an average grade of "B plus" and a verbal rating of "Very Good"
- I would say that I did reasonably well at university, and placed in the top 15% of my class
- Completed a 4-year engineering major in 3.5 years, on a special accelerated program

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Lots of debating, represented my university at numerous international tournaments
- Some leadership and organizational expererience in college
- Community service in Cambodia
- Some other semi-interesting stuff that doesnt count for much on a resume

I'm going to be detailed here, hoping that these updates are useful for those in future cycles. I hid my profile during the cycle as I've heard horror stories about adcomms surfing these sites. Mine isn't a common profile, hence the paranoia. I wouldn't want knowledge of my cycle to affect admission/scholly offers

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10/29 - Most schools are reflecting my application as "complete" except for -
1) Northwestern: Interview hasnt been reflected in the system
2) Cornell: Applied later than the others
3) NYU: No email/any other communication, but I believe this is quite normal for them.
Nervously anticipating the decisions now!

10/29 - Harvard complete date is the date I went "Under Review" on the status checker. The complete e-mail only reached me on 10/8 (9 days later).

11/03 - Some sign of life from NYU through an email telling me I'm complete. Northwestern status checker has also been updated to complete.

11/03 - All applications are now complete. I will put in another couple of schools within the next week though.

11/07 - Michigan status checker updated to "Decision" and I can log in to the admitted students website!

11/09 - Michigan acceptance received via snail mail, so its official! I'm over the moon right now!!

11/09 - "Decision Rendered" at Georgetown, I'm hoping this means what I think it does :)

11/09 - Complete at Duke and Virginia as well. No news from Fordham so far.

11/13 - Just received the acceptance letter from Georgetown via FedEx! Really nice personal note, and again I'm relieved they used a courier service :)

11/16 - Complete at Fordham. The wait continues!

11/17 - Still waiting on that JR1!! :( This is my last week of hope, after that I will stop deluding myself (or I'll try to, at least)

11/25 - Under review at Chicago! Hoping for a quick decision....

11/27 - Decision at Cornell as of 11/24, good news perhaps?! I guess I'll have to wait for the mail to make it across the world....

11/30 - Found out over the phone that I was deferred at Cornell (placed on reserve)....

12/8 - After people started receiving their NYU acceptances, I called the admissions office to ask them about my application. They told me that a decision was mailed last week but didn't reveal what it was. The first batch was definitely all acceptances...so hoping this means good news!

12/11 - Waitlisted at Fordham. I'm guessing this was a case of YP as it really was a last minute application aimed at being an absolute safety option.

12/15 - Woke up to a really nice e-mail from Dean Z inviting me to apply for the Darrow! Got to get cracking on the essay!

12/16 - Waitlisted at Penn. Not too bummed out though....

12/20 - I have a feeling my cycle is going to be quite unpredictable due to the lack of a GPA. My LSAT may be high but I come from an undergrad school that was stingy with As. World Education Services evaluated my GPA as a 3.81, but I don't think all adcomms will see it that way. This may explain the lack of a JR1 as well as the WL at Penn.

12/21 - Finally under review at Duke.

12/21 - Still haven't received the mail from NYU, though one of the packages from Michigan took close to a month to reach, so I guess I'll have to wait. I hate living so far away!!!!

12/22 - Submitted my Darrow application essay and got a really nice e-mail from Dean Z in response. She said I would hear from them by early January!

12/25 - Finally received my acceptance letter from NYU! Letter was dated 12/1, so it took quite a while to reach me. Absolutely thrilled!!

1/5 - Withdrew from admission at Georgetown. I think its unfair for me to keep this slot, since I'm sure I'll never end up going there.

1/7 - Got some not too great news from Harvard. My application has been held for further review. Dunno if I'll send in a LOCI....

1/9 - Full Darrow at Michigan!! Woo hoo!!!

1/15 - Withdrew my application from Cornell. Don't want to wait out for a decision.

1/17 - Withdrew my application from the Penn Waitlist. May-June is way too late to get a decision for me.

1/20 - Withdrew from Fordham, Virginia and Duke. Can't see myself going to any of those schools (even with $$), with the options that I have right now.

1/25 - E-mail acceptance from Columbia! Yeaaa!! They sent it via e-mail cos I'm based abroad.

1/29 - Waitlisted at Chicago (via e-mail). This is a school I really like but I won't be waiting around for a decision, as the chances of $$ from a WL are close to nil. Also given my situation as an international applicant, waiting till May-June creates significant logistical hassles on my end.

2/1 - Rejection mail from Yale. I guess this was kind of inevitable but I was still holding out a glimmer of hope. Oh well....

2/1 - Acceptance package from Columbia....very nice!!

2/3 - Withdrew application from Chicago.

2/9 - Admitted Students Binder from Columbia along with a travel guide to NYC. Really impressed!

2/20 - Received a faculty profile booklet and another overview book from NYU. Also a faculty profile book from Michigan. I love coming home to this stuff!:)

2/23 - Admitted students binder from Northwestern Law. Its uncanny how similar this thing is to the Kellogg binder that my SO received!

2/24 - Withdrew from Northwestern. I realized that with a full Darrow at Michigan, I couldn't think of any circumstances under which I'd attend Northwestern. Anyway its still a great school, and the withdrawal wasn't easy, to say the least!

3/30 - Attended the ASW at Michigan, and visited NYU/CLS during my trip to the U.S. I liked all three , but nothing about NYU/CLS struck me as incredible enough to justify turning down a full ride at Michigan.

4/7 - Got my scholarship offer from NYU, only 25K.The reason this isnt even worth a consideration is that 25K is probably the COL difference between Ann Arbor and NYC. Oh well, will be withdrawing soon.

4/8 - Withdrew from NYU.

4/11 - Withdrew from Columbia. No news from them yet about any $$, but I've anyway decided to remove CLS from contention as I don't expect much.

4/16 - And.....waitlist invitation from Harvard. I'm not gonna ride it out, but I will take some solace in the fact that they didn't reject me straight away. This ends my cycle, I will be withdrawing from Harvard soon, and I've already confirmed my enrollment at Michigan.

I am now officially a member of the Michigan Law Class of 2013!!!